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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education enable learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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